Not on display
- Artist
- James Ward 1769–1859
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 495 x 768 mm
frame: 562 x 850 x 65 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Art Fund 1943
- Reference
- N05410
Display caption
Ward defended Blake against charges of madness, claiming that 'There can be no doubt of his having been what the world calls a man of genius. But his genius was of a peculiar character, sometimes above, sometimes below the comprehension of his fellow-men.' Ward was decidedly eccentric but he was among the artists who recognised the merits of Blake's group of woodcuts illustrating Robert Thornton's translation of Virgil.
Gallery label, August 2004
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